Dear all,
I hope any of you are interested in the topic:
Binus Film x Madani Film Festival
Madani Talk
Jinn possession and Exorcism on Screen:
Case Study of Islam and Buddhism
Possession or trance is something that is close to Muslim life globally.
Usually, apart from shamanic practices, there are *ruqyah* (Islamic-based
exorcism) rituals to overcome this.
Production of films related to possession and *ruqyah* is also increasing
in Indonesia. The film include, but not limited to *Ghibah* (2021) and
*Qodrat* (2022). In the global world, films such as *Munafik* (Malaysia,
2016, 2018) and the *Dabbe* series (Turkey 2006, 2013, 2015) have emerged.
In other religions, the phenomenon of possession and expulsion is also
widespread. Christian and Catholic traditions, for example, are among those
that have produced the most films with this theme, since *The Exorcist*
(1973), *The Exorcism of Emily Rose *(2005), *Deliver Us From Evil *(2014),
to *The Pope's Exorcist *(2023).
In Asia, especially Southeast Asia, of course the matter of possession and
exorcism has become part of folklore or urban legend, and is not only
exclusive to Islam, but also other religions and beliefs. Some of them are *The
Wailing* (2016) and *The Medium *(2021).
The Binus University Film Study Program Academic Series in collaboration
with the 2023 Madani International Film Festival will discuss this
phenomenon virtually. How and why do films related to possession and
exorcism exist, and what is unique about these Asian, Muslim-majority-based
films compared to those from other countries. Jon Towlson (York and Leeds
University) will examine the phenomenon of Turkish and Iranian cinema and
how religious these films are, while Kasia Ancuta (Chulalongkorn
University) will examine it from the perspective of Buddhism and Thailand.
This discussion will be moderated by Ekky Imanjaya from Binus University.
The discussion will be held virtually.
Tuesday, 10 October 2023, 7.30 pm Jakarta/Bangkok time (GMT+7)
Please register :
https://film.binus.ac.id/
At the same day, in the afternoon, *Qodrat* (Charles Gozali, 2023) will be
screened in Binus University Alam Sutera, followed by Q&A with Charles
Gozali, the director. The film can be accessed on Prime Video.
Biodata
Jon Towlson is a film critic and the author of , among others, Dawn of the
Dead (Devil’s Advocates) (2022), Global Horror Cinema Today (2021), and
the Rondo Hatton Classic Horror Award-nominated Subversive Horror Cinema:
Countercultural Messages of Films From Frankenstein to the Present (2014).
He is a regular contributor to Starburst Magazine, and has also written for
the BFI, Pop Matters, Scream, The Dark Side, Diabolique, The Quietus,
Paracinema, Exquisite Terror, Irish Journal of Gothic and Horror Studies,
Shadowland Magazine, Bright Lights Film Journal, Offscreen, Cine Excess and
Digital Film-Maker Magazine. Jon has contributed extras to Blu-ray
releases by Arrow Films, Second Sight Films, 101 Films, Treasured Films and
Eureka Video. He lives in the UK, and lectures at the University of Leeds
and the University of York.
Dr. Katarzyna Ancuta is a Cultural Studies scholar specialising in
Gothic/Horror Studies. Kasia’s research interests oscillate around the
interdisciplinary contexts of contemporary Gothic/Horror (from popular
fiction, film and video, multimedia and performance art, theatre, music and
dance, comics and graphic novels, to fashion and alternative lifestyles)
currently with a strong Asian focus. She is the author of Where Angels Fear
to Hover: Between the Gothic Disease and the Meataphysics of Horror (2005)
and over 50 articles on various cross-cultural manifestations of Gothic.
Her most significant recent publications include contributions to The
Routledge Handbook to the Ghost Story (2017), B-Movie Gothic (2018),
Twenty-first-century Gothic (2019), and The New Urban Gothic (2020). IShe
co-edited three special journal issues on Thai (Horror Studies 5.2, 2014,
with Mary J. Ainslie) and Southeast Asian (Plaridel 12.2, 2015, with
Patrick Campos) horror film and Tropical Gothic (eTropic 18.1/2, 2019, with
Anita Lundberg, Agnieszka Stasiewicz-Bieńkowska, and Roger Osborne). She
also co-edited two edited collections: Thai Cinema: The Complete Guide
(2018, with Mary J. Ainslie) and South Asian Gothic (2021, with Deimantas
Valanciunas) and is currently co-editing a similar volume on Southeast
Asian Gothic (with Mary J. Ainslie and Andrew Hock Soon Ng).
For details on Madani International Film Festival, please visit:
https://linktr.ee/madanifilmfest
for details on Film Department, Binus University, visit:
https://film.binus.ac.id/
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